DeanWinchester
07-21-2013, 05:01 PM
Any tips for a sticky chamber?
An old lever gun I picked up from a member here has a bit of a sticky chamber. Its a Savage 99 in 30/30. Here's the rub; I've had a rifle or two that had a bit of,a sticky chamber. Not like this.
The chamber sparkles. The action is smooth as butter, opens and closes better than many new rifles. With standard pressure jacketed loads, a quick flip of the lever and out they go. No issues. With a 180g plain base boolit over 10.0g of Unique though, it requires me to use two hands. Not good. The fired brass does NOT fit all the way back in the chamber either, not freely. If its pushed back in, extraction is equally difficult.
A 150g JHP over Varget does NOT do this. A couple of factory RP corelokts did NOT do this. Hmmm, well there's something I'm overlooking.
It has a roomy throat, easily chambering a load that's actually too long for the magazine. My cast loads chamber easily. No resistance. They just won't extract without a good bit of effort. All cases were full length sized, trimmed, MDie and I close the bell with a factory crimp die ( NO crimp)
It's been a long day and my head hurts. What am I missing?
The rifle has just received a through enema. All parts gone over with a fine tooth comb. For its age the guts were all in great shape. I cleaned EVERYTHING stoned off all burrs, greased everything that slides with red grease, oiled everything else with Mobil 1 synthetic. I'm actually surprised how smooth it is.
Taking a piece of brass that sticks, I only have to size about half way to get it to chamber easily. I'm nowhere near the shoulder and they extract just fine.
I almost acts like the brass isn't shrinking back after firing.
An old lever gun I picked up from a member here has a bit of a sticky chamber. Its a Savage 99 in 30/30. Here's the rub; I've had a rifle or two that had a bit of,a sticky chamber. Not like this.
The chamber sparkles. The action is smooth as butter, opens and closes better than many new rifles. With standard pressure jacketed loads, a quick flip of the lever and out they go. No issues. With a 180g plain base boolit over 10.0g of Unique though, it requires me to use two hands. Not good. The fired brass does NOT fit all the way back in the chamber either, not freely. If its pushed back in, extraction is equally difficult.
A 150g JHP over Varget does NOT do this. A couple of factory RP corelokts did NOT do this. Hmmm, well there's something I'm overlooking.
It has a roomy throat, easily chambering a load that's actually too long for the magazine. My cast loads chamber easily. No resistance. They just won't extract without a good bit of effort. All cases were full length sized, trimmed, MDie and I close the bell with a factory crimp die ( NO crimp)
It's been a long day and my head hurts. What am I missing?
The rifle has just received a through enema. All parts gone over with a fine tooth comb. For its age the guts were all in great shape. I cleaned EVERYTHING stoned off all burrs, greased everything that slides with red grease, oiled everything else with Mobil 1 synthetic. I'm actually surprised how smooth it is.
Taking a piece of brass that sticks, I only have to size about half way to get it to chamber easily. I'm nowhere near the shoulder and they extract just fine.
I almost acts like the brass isn't shrinking back after firing.